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From the monthly archives: December, 2017

We are pleased to present below all posts archived in 'December, 2017'. If you still can't find what you are looking for, try using the search box.

A second deal between Germany’s Boehringer Ingelheim and a UK firm has been announced this week, this time with Oxford-based Evox Therapeutics for a collaboration focused on exosome-mediated drug delivery.

New research published 14 December by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) shows that the amount of capital invested alongside CVC into UK companies increased six-fold between 2010 and 2015, marking a fundamental shift in how start-up British biotech is funded.

Oxford Immunotec Ltd. and QIAGEN N.V. announced today that they have reached a settlement in the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston (15-cv-13124-NMG) alleging patent infringement in relation to QIAGEN’s QuantiFERON®-TB Gold and QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus products.

PsiOxus Therapeutics, Ltd. (PsiOxus) today announced that the Clinical Trial Application for NG-348, an “armed” oncolytic virus for the treatment of solid tumors, has been approved and, per the licensing agreement between the parties, Bristol-Myers Squibb will make a US $15 million milestone payment to PsiOxus.

Exscientia, the innovative company at the forefront of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Alex Snow to its Board of Directors as Deputy Chairman. He brings significant strategic development and financial experience to the board.

Immunocore Limited, the world’s leading TCR company focused on delivering first-in-class biological therapies that transform lives, today announces that it has been informed by the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) that IMCgp100 has been granted Promising Innovative Medicines (PIM) designation for the treatment of patients with metastatic uveal melanoma.

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